The best castanets may vary from person to person, depending on each individual’s needs, but it’s not hard to miss a nice pair of castanets when you see them. While most castanets have a few things in ...

Ray Raposa, the folk artist best known for his music as Castanets, has died at age 41. Via Pitchfork, the news came via Sufjan Stevens‘ Asthmatic Kitty label, who released much of Raposa’s work and ...

The Castanets is Ray Raposa, a San Diego native whose album City of Refuge is an exercise in solitude. Raposa recorded the album in Overton, Nevada, a two-bar town ...

Often dismissed as little more than a niche songwriter futzing with the boundaries of his own woodsy, quasi-Americana palate, Ray Raposa (a.k.a. Castanets) has remained a sorely overlooked act. Often ...

Kenichi Tomizawa uses a file on lumber pieces at a workshop in Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, on June 2, 2016. (Mainichi) MINAKAMI, Gunma -- Environmentally friendly castanets made from lumber obtained ...

Ray Raposa, best known as the force behind Castanets, has died. He was 41. The news was confirmed on Sufjan Stevens' Tumblr, where Stevens wrote in a statement: "Ray Raposa passed away yesterday. He ...

If that whole "misery loves company" thing is actually true, expect smiles as wide as Joe Biden's to grace the faces of Castanets' Ray Raposa and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson this fall as the two ...